Vehicle-boot.



PATBNTBD JULY 19 1904;

H. c. MARTBLL. VEHICLE BOOT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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xeamd 1m Patented July 19, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT CUNNINGHAM MARTELL, OF OIROLEVILLE, OHIO.

VEHICLE-BOOT- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,626, dated July 19, 1904.

' Application filed October 22 1903. Serial No. 178,057- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT CUNNINGHAM MARTELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oircleville, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Boots; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicle-boots; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the boot-frame is held in position and prevented from rattling.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a vehicle-body provided with a boot according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the boot with portions of the boot-cover removed. Fig. 3 is a front view of the boot-spring.

A is a vehicle-bodyof any approved con struction provided with a support 6, which extends crosswise of it.

B is the boot-frame, which is hinged to the body by hinges 0, arranged at about the top of the support 6.

D is the cover of the boot, which is carried by the frame B.

E represents tubular guides which are secured to the side portions of the boot-frame.

F is the boot-spring, which is carried by the support I) and which extends crosswise of the vehicle-body. This boot-spring has an eye or perforated lug g at its middle part and is provided at its end portions with arms f, which extend rearwardly in the vehicle-body and engage with the guides E.

H represents brackets secured to the support 6 and in which the main portion of the spring is journaled.

Iis an adjusting-screw which engages with the eye 9 and screws into the support 6. A space 2' is provided between the eye 9 and the cross-piece 6, so that the said eye can be moved backward toward the cross piece. The strength of the spring is adjusted by turning the screw, and the main portion of the spring acts as a torsion-spring and presses the bootframe downward onto the body and prevents the parts from rattling.

What I claim is The combination, with a vehicle-body provided with a crosspiece, and a boot-frame hinged to the said body; of bearings secured to the said cross-piece, a boot-spring journaled in the said bearings and provided with rear-- wardlypro ecting arms at its ends and an eye at its middle part arranged at substantially a right angle to the said arms, a space being provided between the said eye and the said. cross-piece, guides secured to the said bootframe and engaging with the said arms, and a screw for adjusting the pressure of the said spring journaled in the said eye and engaging with the said cross-piece.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT CUNNINGHAM MARTELL. Witnesses:

HARRY R. RIEGEL, FRED R. MICHOLAS. 

